1992 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1992 Italian Superturismo Championship was the sixth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 21 March and finished on the same racetrack on 18 October, after ten rounds. Nicola Larini won the S1 Class (Group A cars), driving an Alfa Romeo 155 GTA, while Fabrizio Giovanardi won the S2 Class (Super Touring cars).

Teams and drivers[]

S1 Class[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1	Roberto Ravaglia	1, 6, 9-10
		22	Joachim Winkelhock	1
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	2	Emanuele Pirro	1–2, 5, 7
				3–4, 8
		3	Steve Soper	1
			Gabriele Tarquini	2-10
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	4	Alessandro Nannini	All
		5	Nicola Larini	All
		6	Antonio Tamburini	6
			Luca Cadalora	10
Jolly Club	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	7	Antonio Tamburini	1–5, 7-10
		8	Giorgio Francia	All
		9	Alessandro Zanardi	6
				10
Scuderia Giudici	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	11	Gianni Giudici	1, 3, 5–7, 9-10
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	12		All
Scuderia San Marco	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	14		1, 3, 5–6, 9-10
		15		1, 3–5, 7-10
		?		1
		?	Roberto Del Castello	7
AB Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	18	Marco Antonelli	1–4, 6–7, 9
Greyhound Motorsport	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo500n	19	Massimo Pigoli	1-6
University Motors	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	21		1–7, 9-10
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	23		5–8, 10
Bora Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	24	Rinaldo Capello	3
Motorsport Italia Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	25	Giovanni Bonanno	2-4
			Stefano Buttiero	8-10
Repetto Motors	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	31	Roberto Moreno	8-10
		32		8-10
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?		5
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?		5, 8-10
Imberti Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	?		9
		?		10
Conti Racing	Renault 21 Turbo	?		10
		?
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?		10

S2 Class[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	51	Fabrizio Giovanardi	1-9
		52	Gary Ayles	All
		53		1–2, 4-9
Audi Sport Europa	Volkswagen Golf	54	Giuseppe Gabbiani	All
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33	56		1, 3
		82		3–5, 8, 10
Lella Lombardi Autosport	Opel Kadett	57		1-3
	Opel Calibra	62		3–5, 7–8, 10
Conrero Squadra Corse	Opel Calibra	58	Stefano Buttiero	1, 3-6
	Opel Kadett	65		1-5
	Opel Calibra			6-10
	Opel Kadett	?	Aldo Bertuzzi	7
A-Team Racing	BMW M3	59		2–7, 9
Castelfranco Racing	BMW M3	61	Graziano Rossi	3–6, 9-10
		69		1–5, 7-10
Trivellato Racing	BMW M3	63		1-5
ProminvesTeam	Opel Kadett	64		1, 3–6, 8, 10
Paon Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra	67		1, 3–4, 6
Tecno Racing	BMW M3	68		1–7, 9-10
2G Racing	Volkswagen Golf	?		5, 7
?	BMW M3	?		7, 10
?	Opel Calibra	?		7-10
?	Opel Kadett	?		8
Santucci Motorsport	BMW M3	?		9
?	BMW M3	?	Massimo Pigoli	9
?	Volkswagen Golf	?		10

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	S2 Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	21 March	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Fabrizio Giovanardi 1
	R2		22 March		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	11 April	Emanuele Pirro	Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		12 April		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	CiBiEmme Engineering	Fabrizio Giovanardi
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	9 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		10 May		Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	23 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse
	R2		24 May		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 June	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		7 June		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 June	Antonio Tamburini	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		21 June		Antonio Tamburini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
7	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	18 July	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		19 July		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	5 September	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		6 September		Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	3 October	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse
	R2		4 October		Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Gary Ayles
10	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	17 October	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse
	R2		18 October		Alessandro Nannini	Antonio Tamburini	Jolly Club	Giuseppe Gabbiani

Notes:

• ^1   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and were declared winners ex-aequo.

Championship standings[]

Scoring system

S1 Class[]

Pos Driver MON MAG MUG VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts  1 Nicola Larini Ret 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 284 2 Giorgio Francia 2 2 1 2 (4) 3 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 (5) 1 1 3 3 2 2 260 3 Alessandro Nannini 6 12 5 4 1 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 1 5 1 4 226 4 Antonio Tamburini 5 13 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 Ret 5 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 1 197 5 Gabriele Tarquini 4 Ret 2 5 11 Ret 6 11 4 Ret 4 3 5 Ret 6 11 7 13 89 6 Emanuele Pirro 4 3 3 1 4 3 Ret 6 82 7 Roberto Ravaglia 1 Ret 5 3 7 1 6 Ret 70 8 7 5 9 8 Ret Ret 9 6 8 6 10 Ret 7 9 7 4 10 8 10 Ret 60 9 11 Ret 7 6 8 11 6 Ret 11 8 9 7 6 8 9 7 14 Ret 43 10 5 6 5 5 Ret 3 42 11 Roberto Moreno 10 5 4 6 5 5 41 12 Gianni Giudici 8 8 Ret 9 9 7 8 Ret 5 7 13 13 Ret 8 32 13 Marco Antonelli Ret DNS Ret 7 6 7 7 7 7 Ret 9 12 DNS DNS 28 14 12 7 7 8 12 9 12 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 12 9 12 10 24 15 Massimo Pigoli 9 6 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 19 16 Steve Soper 3 9 14 17 Ret 7 8 Ret 8 9 12 18 Joachim Winkelhock 14 4 10 19 13 9 Ret DNS 10 10 6 Ret 15 Ret 10 20 Giovanni Bonanno 10 9 Ret Ret 8 8 9 21 10 11 9 Ret 10 10 12 9 Ret DNS Ret 11 7 22 Luca Cadalora 11 6 6 23 6 6 24 Alessandro Zanardi 6 6 25 Stefano Buttiero 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 7 6 26 15 12 8 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 6 27 Roberto Del Castello 8 11 3 28 13 10 1 29 Ret 10 1 30 Rinaldo Capello Ret 10 1 14 13 0 13 Ret 0 17 14 0 15 0 16 0 18 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

S2 Class[]

Pos Driver MON MAG MUG VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts  1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 11 DSQ 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 9 Ret 2602 2 Gary Ayles 3 Ret Ret 8 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 Ret 192 3 11 1 6 Ret 9 4 11 5 10 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 6 11 1 Ret 167,5 4 DSQ 3 Ret DNS 1 2 3 1 4 Ret 3 3 1 2 148 5 4 DSQ 2 2 4 4 2 4 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 1262 6 Giuseppe Gabbiani 7 4 3 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 1 101 7 11 6 5 5 7 Ret 7 8 11 7 9 6 Ret 9 4 4 7 4 81 8 Stefano Buttiero 8 Ret Ret 4 2 2 5 Ret 6 8 8 Ret 63 9 Graziano Rossi 4 3 13 7 4 6 Ret 5 8 9 6 Ret 61 10 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 6 10 11 5 5 Ret 7 6 5 5 10 9 Ret 60 11 9 5 4 6 6 7 6 6 DNS DNS 48 12 6 2 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 Ret 36 13 13 Ret Ret DNS 6 8 4 2 34 14 5 3 Ret 7 5 Ret 32 15 Ret Ret 9 10 7 9 7 11 Ret 4 10 Ret 24 16 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3 22 17 8 Ret 5 Ret 10 7 8 Ret 19 18 3 8 15 19 Aldo Bertuzzi 5 6 14 20 Massimo Pigoli 7 6 10 21 Ret 6 6 22 Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 4 23 9 Ret Ret 10 3 11 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• ^1   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and were declared winners ex-aequo.
• ^2   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and were disqualified from the second race of the first Monza round and their race-1 points were halved.

External links[]

• 1992 season on Touringcarracing.net